Deadliest Catch: The Bait: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Grabbing "Deadliest Catch" viewers hook, line and sinker, Deadliest Catch: The Bait offers an inside look at the mega-popular Discovery Channel series. Acting as tour guides are the "Deadliest Catch" boat captains, who preview upcoming episodes, review past seasons and talk shop in a round-table forum. Celebrity fans of the show appear to ask questions, and the regular feature "The Hot Seat" puts one captain or crew member in the spotlight.

Series details

• Title: Deadliest Catch: The Bait
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2013-04-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-08-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14903
• TVDB ID: 308215

Cast and credited roles

• Matt Rogers — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-04-16; final listed air date 2013-07-30; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-04-22; final listed air date 2014-08-05; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2015-04-14; final listed air date 2015-08-18; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2016-03-29; final listed air date 2016-09-13; episode order: 9.
• Season 5: premiered 2018-04-10; final listed air date 2018-08-28; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Deadliest Catch: The Bait on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.